Rapid Rochdale driver Steve Brown is aiming to raise awareness and funds for local charity Jolly Josh, by holding an exciting competition where one lucky person will co-drive in his Nissan Micra Kit Car at a rally in Wales in August. The 2021 Motorsport UK British Rallycross Championship 5 Nations Trophy BMW MINI champion will return to the sport of rallying this season and will offer the chance to win this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to anyone who donates to the Rochdale

Super Saver Thomas generously donated his pocket money (a whopping £54.46) to Jolly Josh, he told his Mummy (Naomi) that he wanted to help our children and their families. Thomas is in Sophie’s class at school (Joshua’s sister) and has supported our journey throughout, we think you’re a Super Star Thomas, thank you for being so kind! And we love your creative money box too! #fundraise #fundraiser #fundraising #thankyou #InspireInclusion #give #donate #connectsupportthrive #J

Curtis and his team from Link Fire and Security Services were yet again on site today with a 6am start, supporting the construction of our 'place to call home'. We absolutely appreciate their support; they've spent many long hours at Jolly Josh and we're very grateful! #Rochdale #Charity #Placetocallhome #SEND #SEN #PMLD #ThankYou #Donate #Volunteer

We're in the customer vote for a Tesco Community Grant. It's a scheme which gives community projects like us grants of up to £1.500. Tesco customers will vote in all Rochdale stores and express stores from the first week in January 2022 and continue until 31st March 2022 to decide how much funding we get, so please don't forget to ask for your Blue token at the tills & support us next time you shop in Tesco. Please also encourage family and friends, the more votes we get the

Today I saw first hand how business is thriving in Rochdale, I had the pleasure of meeting Richard and his team at Crystal Doors, Gorrels Way, Rochdale. Richard explained they had recently been presented the Queens award to add to the Ten already received in the past year. It was lovely to meet such a happy team and to see how they are leading the way not only in bespoke vinyl wrapped doors and accessories but have set out to prove that even the smallest of companies can con

I had the pleasure of going to meet Graham Poole today and to do the draw for the Sir Henry Cooper signed boxing glove, donated by Billy Feeney. Graham kindly auctioned off the glove in memory of Peter G Cordwell. A staggering £3,000 was raised for Jolly Josh. Thank you so much to all that bought tickets your generosity will make a huge difference to our place to call home. Congratulations to RMS who won this amazing prize. #fundraise #fundraising #thankyou #donate #give #Roc

Thank you to Samena and staff at Streamline Taxis for supporting Jolly Josh #thankyou #fundraising #fundraise #fundraiser #charity #donate #give #Rochdale #ConnectSupportThrive #InspireInclusion #KeyToOurSuccess #JollyJosh

It is with huge appreciation that we say Thank You to our Jolly Josh fundraiser who gave himself the ultimate challenge of running a huge 10K EVERY DAY for 50 days! We're very grateful for his efforts, in doing so Aidan raised an amazing £1625 for our charity. The funds will all be spent on the construction of our 'place to call home', find out more here. Pictured: Aidan Gleeson (left) with James Kelly, Joshua's Daddy and Jolly Josh Volunteer #thankyou #fundraising #fundra

Rishworth School kindly held a Pirate themed day for Comic Relief Day 2021, based on our logo. Children in Heathfield had a fun filled day and all whilst raising an incredible £625 for Jolly Josh! These funds will be spent on the construction of our accessible, inclusive 'place to call home,' which we are currently building in #Rochdale Thank you to Rishworth School, the teachers, pupils and their families for not only raising awareness of our local #charity but for also r

We are extremely grateful to receive a huge £1000 donation from Rochdale Round Table, it was a pleasure to meet Chairman Jonathan Houghton and John Barton at the construction of our 'place to call home.' "Rochdale Round Table are happy to support Jolly Josh. Carole and the Jolly Josh team are doing a remarkable job and we can't wait to see their new home/facility open for families to use and enjoy. We wish them every success." We are currently building our fully accessible

We decided to donate the money raised to Jolly Josh as we think what the charity offers is priceless for parents of children with special n

#Thankyou to Elizabeth Rushton from the Rochdale Observer for featuring our #JollyJosh Lockdown Photography Project, #aportraitofourfamilies. To view our beautiful gallery in full, please click here. #ConnectSupportThrive #InspireInclusion #Rochdale #NHS #HoldStill #PPE #ComplexMedicalNeeds #Shielding #Lockdown #Covid19 #Charity #volunteer @AsiaBurrilPhotography @AsiaBurrilWeddings

We are thrilled to be able to share the news that Ryan, of RMO Electrical Wholesaler (Repair, Maintenance and Overhaul Ltd), has kindly offered to support us with our heating installation and will therefore be a #JollyJosh #GoldKeyHolder We are incredibly grateful for such support! Ryan was also able to introduce us to Andrew, of Collingwood Lighting, Today we met with Ryan and Andrew at our build (following social distancing guidelines) to discuss the progress and next step

During the #lockdown of the #Covid19 #pandemic the #Londonmaraton @LondonMarathon aimed to support charities by introducing a #fundraising campaign. Eliza chose to do the #JollyJoshSensoryCircuit to fundraise for our #charity Each of the 26 challenges were caught on camera and many were filmed (see the JollyJosh You Tube channel), Eliza communicates using #signlanguage #BSL #SSE See how many signs you can learn! In doing this Eliza and family not only had lots of fun, but the

During the #lockdown of the #Covid19 #pandemic the #Londonmaraton @LondonMarathon aimed to support charities by introducing a #fundraising campaign. Thomas and Lilly chose to do the #JollyJoshSensoryCircuit to fundraise for our #charity In doing this they not only had lots of fun, but they raised a whopping £253! #Thankyou #TwoPointSixChallenge #JollyJosh #Charity #Rochdale #ConnectSupportThrive #InspireInclusion #SEND

Thank You so very much to Naheeda at HMR Paediatric Community, Naheeda is the Dietetic Lead at #Rochdale and has raised a wonderful £600 for our #JollyJosh #charity Naheeda and the team visit our sessions on a monthly basis (see our timetable) and therefore know of the importance of our #placetocallhome. #Thankyou Naheeda, the funds will be spent wisely on our build, for up-to-date details of our progress, click here #ConnectSupportThrive #InspireInclusion #SEND #PMLD #fundr

#Thankyou so very much to our wonderful family and friends who played a game of online Bingo during #lockdown and raised a fabulous £115 for #JollyJosh #Charity #Rochdale. We're very grateful and funds will be used to continue to build our #placetocallhome You are #keytooursuccess and with this #fundraising we can help families to #connectsupportthrive and #inspireinclusion

#Thankyou to Tosh Brogan, of Castleton, for raising a wonderful £500 for our #JollyJosh #charity #Rochdale. The funds will be used to continue to build our #placetocall home. For further details click here #fundraise #connectsupportthrive #inspireinclusion #SEND #PMLD

Team @JollyJosh would like to say a big Thank you to the Staff, parents and pupils of Sandbrook Community Primary School who recently held a cake sale and raised over a £175 for @JollyJosh! Well done everyone, We hope you all enjoyed your yummy cakes!! If you would like to make a donation, like these fantastic children below, or find out more about fundraising for us please drop us an email at fundraising@Jolly josh.co.uk #ConnectSupportThrive #InspireInclusion #Rochdale #Cha

To celebrate #VolunteersWeek we'd also like to introduce another #JollyJosh volunteer, we're #sayingthanks to Helen of Brand & Content. Helen has worked extremely hard on a voluntary basis to create and support our website! I am limited in my technical abilities so I contacted Helen who offered her professional support, the time and effort which Helen has put into our website (and in to teaching me) clearly shows, we are thrilled and very proud. It is always a 'work in pro